Bibliograph

Super-size bugs, written by Andrew Davies ; photographed by Igor Siwanowicz

Type

Label

Super-size bugs, written by Andrew Davies ; photographed by Igor Siwanowicz

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Super-size bugs

Oclc number

172984586

Responsibility statement

written by Andrew Davies ; photographed by Igor Siwanowicz

Summary

The teeming bug kingdom comes into view, bigger than ever and enlarged to staggering proportions with highly detailed electron microscope photographs, along with occasional real-size insect images beside them to give readers a true sense of scale. Readers will get an amazing and up-close perspective on such creatures as the voraciously hungry caterpillar; the vividly colored Calleta Silkmoth, with blue-and-black spikes covering its body; a Swallowtail Butterfly emerging from its chrysalis; a bright orange Queen Hornet; and a deathly praying mantis, with its luminescent wings and killer pincers.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Teeming world of bugs - The caterpillar - A society of insects - King of predators - Life through a compound eye - Spiders: lean, mean killing machines - Masters of acrobatic flight - Camouflage and protection - Beetles: formidable and chitin clad - Under the electron microscope - The secretive world of moths - Index

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